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Vulcan Iron Works. Records, 1884-1948.

Title: Records, 1884-1948.

The records cover the peak period of Vulcan's production from 1905 to 1930, with slight coverage before and after. Locomotive order books (1903-1948) give customer name, shipping date and cylinder and driver dimensions with construction notes and occasional sketches of cylinders and other details. Locomotive specification cards (1902-1920) give full specification, customer and shipping data. Both are arranged by locomotive builder's number. The drawings (1892-1942) depict a wide range of the company's products and their component parts and are arragned according to product type. An incomplete selection of trade catalogs is also included. Additional items may be found in the library's general trade catalog collection. Series V-VII are photographic prints and negatives which are serviced by the Pictorial Collections Department. About half are standard builder's photos of locomotives, but they also include shots of shop interiors, employees at work, and locomotives and equipment installed and in service, particularly at collieries in the anthracite fields. There are also 1,658 negatives of drawings and plans, chiefly of mining equipment. The collection contains many gaps where the original negatives are missing or have deteriorated beyond use. (Many were on nitrate film.) An index to purchasers of the products is available in the Pictorial Collection Dept.

ArchivalResource: Microfilm: 15 reels.Photographs: 11,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/650283004 View

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Explosives Dept. Records, 1923-1959 (bulk, 1937-1957).

Title: Records, 1923-1959 (bulk, 1937-1957).

The records of the Explosives Department document the collaborative effort undertaken by the DuPont Company and the United States Government to manufacture military explosives during the Second World War. The plants that Du Pont designed, constructed, and operated for the government, as well as the equipment and technical expertise DuPont furnished to other chemical manufacturers, contributed immeasurably to the Allied victory. Related materials are located in Accession 1801, Series III, containing the Engineering Department's War Construction Project Histories (boxes 24-30) and Accession 1410, containing narrative histories of military explosives production during World War II prepared by the War Records Staff (box 29/30).

ArchivalResource: 18 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122648599 View